A single bacterium that divides every half hour can result in 17 million offspring in 12 hours. Consequently, the food you just bought might spoil because bacteria present in the food have multiplied like rabbits in your car in the hot conditions that are ideal for food spoilage.
The Howard County population density is 1,132.96 people per square mile, which is much higher than the state average density of 465.39 people per square mile and is much higher than the national average density of 81.32 people per square mile.
The county's numbers also swelled, but not at the rate experienced by Dallas and Hiram. From 2000's population of 81,678, the county saw nearly three-quarters of that total adding to its resident count, bringing it to 142,324. As of the census of 2010, there were 3543 people and 1,538 households residing in the city.